Rihanna has been pretty open about the fact that, when it comes to whatever dealings she may have with former boyfriend Chris Brown (who pled guilty to assaulting her in 2009), she's going to do what she wants.

Three years and two remixes later, the "Birthday Cake" singer is opening up to Oprah about the night that changed everything between her and Brown.

“I lost my best friend,” she told Oprah in an interview to air Sunday on OWN. “Everything I knew switched - switched in a night - and I couldn’t control that, so I had to deal with that, and that’s not easy for me to understand.”

An emotional Rihanna said the situation was even more difficult for her to grasp with the world watching her every move.

“It was hard for me to even pay attention to my mind and figure things out because now it became a circus and I felt protective,” she said. “I felt like, the only person they hate right now is him.

“It was a weird confusing space to be in because as angry as I was – as angry, hurt and betrayed – I just felt like, he made that mistake because he needed help and like, who’s going to help him? Everybody is going to say he’s a monster without looking at the source and I was more concerned about him.”

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Wow !!! Look at all the saints and loyal lifetime movie watchers!! None of you were in the car that night so you don't know all you think you know.....and I can guarantee none of you are saints! Mind your business and let them live..... and to the men in here with all the punkass comments to the females in here.... hop off that man's sack! And you probably hit women and torture animals

they don't really care about us(song) ...this is it final reshearsal which is the one with the cute blond electric guitar player...i turned that video on this morning..that was another moment in :"this it it" where the audience said nothing....when leaps towards the blond electric guitar player the audience didn't move...

they don't really care about us(song) ...this is it final reshearsal which is the one with the cute blond electric guitar player...i turned that vido on this morning..that was another moment in :"this it it" where the audience said nothing....when leaped towards the blond electric guitar player the audience didn't move...

saw chris brown's forever video again..this kid has not given me such a thrill in watching someone dance since michael jackson. we all know michael could move his darn butt even at 50 years old!

Chris has high energy, he's like a rubberband on the dancefloor. He breezes through his dances so strong yet so soft. Forever is an innocent song yet makes its point through the dance.

Chris's first step is to make sure he stays off the coke...the future of their relationship? That's their decision.

my cousin volunteers for the arthritis foundation and just said chris brown definately has no physical pain but he has pain inside. let's hope all goes well for both. Chris is once heck of a dancer and it would be a shame to lose everything because of the cocaine.

If I do recall, in an interview on the Tyra show, Chris Brown said he witnessed his mother being a victim of abuse by his father. He also said that he would never do that to another woman, but lo and behold, he did. I believe that yes, while Rihanna should not go back to Chris and it looks to be a case of victim's remorse, she is right in the fact that Chris does have some issues that need to be dealt with. Mostly with anger and possibly violence he witnessed/experience as a child.

If she should get back with Chris, he will surely hit her again & this time, she will not get the support of her fans anymore. She will be too ashamed to let people know what is going on, which might in turn become dangerous for her.she should let herself heal after some years then, she will be in a strong position to make wise decisions concerning relationships. I heard she is reading the Bible & listening to Joyce Meyer. Keep listening to Joyce cost she recovered fully from abuse & has very good counselling in that area. Give you life to Jesus & you won't hunger for attention from the wrong people or be searching for love in the wrong places. You will have self worth and know that you are worthy to be treated like a lady. Get material from Bishop TD Jake's Woman Thou Art Loosed series.

Its called victims remorse. It is normal for the victim to begin to feel sorry for the abuser & even blame herself for what happened. Once an abuser, always an abuser except by the grace of God. The worst thing Rhi-Rhi can do to herself & her career is to go back to her abusive boyfriend Chris Brown. I have forgiven him for what he did to her cost I took it very personal tho I don't know these people. But as a victim of abuse myself, I understand how she is feeling. The good thing is that it is just a feeling. You don't have to yield to it. You are free now. Stay free and as far away from Chris Brown as you can Rhi-Rhi. I know he is cute & talented but he is no good for you. Chris Brown has not changed. Don't be deceived. He was only sad because he almost lost his career. In the music business, without a strong fan base, you can't sell records. The guy u see today is just refurbished by one of Hollywôds powerful image scrubber cleaners. Rhianna is just having a relapse. If you starve the wrong feelings, they will die. She cannot protect Chris from himself when she could not even protect herself from getting involved with an abuser. She is just being emotional & not sensible. Like someone suggested, she should seek Godly professional help.

Does this young woman have any friends? Perhaps friends from her past who loved her before she was famous and rich. Real friends. Someone needs to see that she gets some help. It's been quite a long time since she was hurt. But she is still in pain. Does she have a mother or father or a big brother? Someone please hold this poor young person close and get her the help that she needs. She may be rich and famous and be surrounded by fervant fans, but she sounds very lonely. Where are the people who really love her?

Mmmm there is no reason to ever strike another human being out of anger. It doesn't matter what the other person has done. You just shouldn't do it. It is wrong. Its hard to believe an adult would let any other person get away with it. You can call the police. You can fight back. Please do not let anyone abuse or hit you. It is wrong.

i'm a teacher, i can't wait to head back to school...i took 3 classes this summer with husband of 22 years and 2 grown kids it was tough but i was so productive...now i'm going for my doctrine in education at 50 years old.

I actually agree with you. There's a term for that- a glutten for punishment. If that's what she wants, it's none of our business. Even though, anyone with any brains would run as fast as they could in the opposite direction. As I said, anyone with brains. To each his own, I guess.

No matter what you say to an individual, nobody has the right to put their hands on another person. I don't know what happened between the two of them, & frankly I don't care. Yes, women can be mouthy, just like men. It still doesn't give you the right to put your hands on them for any reason.

Repair there's nothing to repair. Rihanna and Chris were teenagers handling an adult situation that got out of control. People like yourself tend to forget that. Rihanna has a long history of abuse as well as Chris. Rihanna has admitted to losing control of her temper with her own brothers and even to the point of bashing one over the head with a glass bottle. Chris and Rihanna should have both went into therapy together because both seems to have not gotten over one another and they both have been making huge mistakes in the medias eyes. So you need to let up and stand back and give them both a break.

Chris Brown is an egotistical idiot. She should move on. Nothing was worth beating her to a pulp the way he did. If they weren't in the public eye, she would probably have been dead by now. Domestic violence is no joke.

Wow so you got the magic ball to have read out how it would have turn out. I would you have give that magic ball to Trevon Martin because maybe he wouldn't be dead. Who would have thought going to the store to get some candy and you would see the light of another day. Oh well right. Rihanna was just at fault for the incident as well as Chris. It just that was truly unfortunate that she did get the worst of the fight. Rihanna feel gulity because she knows her part is why it happen in the first place. Remember for every action there's is a reaction. I don't condone violence in anyway but women can't believe it is ok to hit a man. Sometime they should just think of walking away.

I don't thinkj that would be a good idea if they get back together, Rihanna is very violent and Chris knows that, Rihanna has always been the controller in the relationship that's why she liked Chris because she knew he would listen to her because she had more experience in raising her brother smoking and drinking and Chris has always been a Mommy boy, I don't like to admit that but his mother was over protective of him and that why Chris liked Rihanna because no one could tame her. Case in point look at her these days.

They will never let it rest. There a black couple and it makes the whites happy to focus on the negative of both of them. If they did an interview together maybe then people would stop talking about it. It feel like almost four years back instead of four years forward. Shame because I really was thinking that they would have given it a break about now.